Trump supporters have given us over to mob boss: Letters to the editor

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Mar 14, 2019 at 2:01 AM

Letters: Those who voted for and continue to champion Donald J. Trump as president of the United States have cursed us with a man who is more like a mob boss with a family of crime associates than a decent person to reside in our White House.

Trump supporters have

given us over to mob boss

Those who voted for and continue to champion Donald J. Trump as president of the United States have cursed us with a man who is more like a mob boss with a family of crime associates than a decent person to reside in our White House.

Yes, we know you hate taxes and the federal government, especially our patriotic civil servants. Yes, we know you despise taxation and think it cool that this president probably has managed to avoid paying federal income taxes.

Yes, we know you overlook his severe character flaws because he cripples government, wants to build his wall, is horrific toward immigrants and their kids, makes fun of the physically impaired, and sides with the racists, sexists, xenophobes and homophobes of our country.

Yes, we know you love it that he ridicules the media and liberals. We know you think he is cool because he favors right-wing Christianity and will sign legislation to ban or restrict a woman's choice to end her pregnancy.

Yes, we know this and much more about you. But the price you pay for him favoring your agenda is that we have a mob boss as our president. Shame on you, shame on you.

— Corbin Fowler, Edinboro

Game Commission efforts

are vital to conservation

Where on Earth did letter writer David Kveragas get his scientifically fact-based information? As an outdoorsman, hunter and someone concerned about wildlife, habitat and conservation, I've read many publications over my 65 years. I have yet to read anything like the so-called "facts" contained in his letter.

How does Kveragas know that the Pennsylvania Game Commission inflates deer numbers? This business about game management vs. wildlife management holds no water. If that were true, deer harvest numbers would be far higher and similar to those in place prior to antler restrictions. Now, instead of 18-month-old deer being harvested under the old rules, antler restrictions give bucks an opportunity to mature, age and increase the population to manageable levels. What is appropriate game management and a manageable level? I strongly suggest that Kveragas pay a visit to Presque Isle State Park here in Erie County to learn the importance of maintaining that balance.

And where did Kveragas get his fact-based information about coyotes being imported into our state? His assertion is false.

Since the day man set foot on the North American continent, he has expanded his footprint at the expense of wildlife. Loss of habitat, poor conservation practices and man's selfishness are responsible for some of the things referred to in his letter. And it includes all human beings, including Kveragas and myself. It's the hard work of the Game Commission and numerous outdoors organizations in our state that has slowed man's progress and made habitat available for all wildlife.

If Kveragas is truly interested in wildlife management, I strongly suggest he join an organization such as Pheasants Forever, the National Wild Turkey Federation, Trout Unlimited, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy or other outdoors organizations dedicated to wildlife, habitat and conservation. He should consider putting his time and money where his misplaced pen is.

— Kevin Gathers, McKean

GOP wrong to side with

Trump over Michael Cohen

The Republicans who attacked President Donald Trump's longtime former attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen during his gripping appearance before the House Oversight Committee painted themselves into a corner.

Yes, Cohen was a slimy figure, a vulgar, rough man who was devoid of character and integrity in his service to the president, one who would do anything for money and power. But what does it say about Trump that this was the type of person he relied upon to do his dirty bidding, the man who was an integral part of the Trump syndicate no matter the extent to which the president now seeks to minimize their connection?

Cohen told us of the many ways in which his former boss is "a racist, a con man, and a cheat." No Republican member of the Oversight Committee sought to challenge those characterizations. How could they? We know now and we knew before he was elected that he was all of these things and more.

No one would assert that Cohen acted as a pillar of honor and integrity, but for whatever reason and unlike the president, he now sees the error of his ways, has sought to come clean, to expose and repudiate what he did in service to Trump, and to repent as he heads to prison.

House GOP members can go into high dudgeon. They can have conniptions over the elevation of Cohen, but they cannot escape the fact that the president for whom they are shills is a man who shamelessly acts with his interest at heart first and foremost, not that of the country.

Bad things happen when good people remain silent. History will judge our Republican friends.

— Oren Spiegler, South Strabane Township

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